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Pinball FX3

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Pinball FX3
Pinball FX3 cover
Developers
Zen Studios
Release dates
Windows September 26, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 89
OpenCritic 81
IGDB 83
Taxonomy
Genres Pinball
Series Pinball FX
Pinball FX3 on HowLongToBeat
Pinball FX3 on IGDB
Pinball FX3 on MobyGames
Pinball FX3 on Wikipedia
Pinball FX
Pinball FX2 2012
Pinball FX2 VR 2016
Pinball FX3 2017
Pinball FX 2022

Key points

Majority of previously purchased tables from Pinball FX2 are transferred over at no charge[1]
Optional cross-platform leaderboards, matchups and tournaments.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere. Optional cross-platform support with Xbox One and Steam versions.
Windows
Steam
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Optional cross-platform support with PS4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Store versions.
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Aliens vs Pinball Includes Aliens, Aliens vs. Predator and Alien: Isolation
Windows
Balls of Glory Pinball Includes Family Guy, Bob's Burger, Archer and American Dad!
Windows
Bethesda Pinball Includes Fallout, DOOM and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Windows
Carnivals and Legends Includes Adventure Land and Son of Zeus
Windows
Core Collection Includes Pasha, Rome, Biolab and Secrets of the deep
Windows
Iron & Steel Pack Includes CastleStorm and Wild West Rampage
Windows
Jurassic World Includes Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park Mayhem and Jurassic World
Windows
Marvel Pinball Avengers Chronicles Includes World War Hulk, Fear Itself, The Infinity Gauntlet and The Avengers
Windows
Marvel Pinball: Cinematic Pack Includes Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man.
Windows
Marvel Pinball: Heavy Hitters Includes Civil War, Deadpool and Venom
Windows
Marvel Pinball: Marvel Legends Pack Includes Captain America, Doctor Strange and Fantastic Four
Windows
Marvel Pinball Original Pack Includes Iron-Man, Spider-Man, Blade and Wolverine
Windows
Marvel Pinball Vengeance and Virtue Pack Includes Ghost Rider, Thor, X-Men and Moon Knight
Windows
Marvel's Women of Power Includes Women of Power: A-Force and Women of Power: Champions
Windows
Medieval Pack Includes Epic Quest and Excalibur
Windows
Portal Pinball
Windows
Sci-Fi Pack Includes Mars, Paranormal and Earth Defense.
Windows
Star Wars Pinball Includes Episode V: - The Empire Strikes Back, The Clone Wars and Boba Fett
Windows
Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force Includes Darth Vader, Episode VI: - Return of the Jedi and Starfighter Assault
Windows
Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens Pack Includes The Force Awakens and Might of the First Order
Windows
Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within Includes Han Solo, Droids and Episode IV: - A New Hope
Windows
Star Wars Pinball: Unsung Heroes Includes Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels
Windows
Universal Classics Pinball Includes Back to the Future, Jaws and E.T.
Windows
The Walking Dead Pinball
Windows
Zen Classics Includes El Dorado, Shaman, Tesla and V12
Windows
Some of the tables from Pinball FX2 may not be imported to Pinball FX3 due to licensing issues. These include Plants vs. Zombies Table, Ms. Splosion Man Table, Ninja Gaiden Pinball, Street Fighter II Pinball, South Park Pinball 2 Table Pack, and South Park Pinball Table.
The following tables can not currently be imported from Pinball FX2, but are planned to possibly return:[2] Super League – A.C. Milan Table, Super League – A.S. Roma Table, Super League – Arsenal F.C. Table, Super League – FC Barcelona Table, Super League – Juventus Table, Super League – Liverpool F.C. Table, Super League – Real Madrid C.F. Table and Super League – Zen Studios F.C. Table.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Zen Studios\Profile backup\442120\
Microsoft Store
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/442120/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/442120/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Zen Studios\Profile backup\442120\
Microsoft Store
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/442120/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/442120/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Cabinet/portrait mode supported, though requires contacting the developer to request a free unlock code.
Multi-monitor
Supports showing additional info on second screen. Can show "back glass" and/or "SMD" on second screen in free "cabinet mode" (the above mentioned free unlock from the developer)
Ultra-widescreen
Resolution is correct, but game gets cropped
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
2x-8x MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard/Mouse remap settings
Keyboard/Mouse remap settings
Touchscreen settings
Touchscreen settings
Controller remap settings
Controller remap settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound FX, Physics, Music, Voiceover
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play
2 Versus

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Pinball FX3.
vorpX
2D
No game profile required to play the game with vorpx in 2D.
Note: Pinball FX2 has nice 3D with vorpx.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 450
AMD equivalent
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/442120/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (442120) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Zen Studios says goodbye to last-gen with Pinball FX3 - Eurogamer.net - last accessed on 2017-07-10
    "There are some tables not making the jump to Pinball FX3 due to business / licensing challenges. Zen has been developing licensed content for almost seven years now, and not all agreements have language that allows us to move from platform to platform. That said, there are a handful (literally) of licensed tables that we will have to, very sadly, leave behind"
  2. https://steamcommunity.com/app/442120/discussions/0/1496741765146984932/?ctp=2#c1520386297679433723